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=== Military parade === | === Military parade === | ||
The day's highlight is the national holiday parade on Dhaka's National Parade Ground, hosted by the [[Bangladesh Armed Forces]] and involves personnel from the | The day's highlight is the national holiday parade on Dhaka's National Parade Ground, hosted by the [[Bangladesh Armed Forces]] and involves personnel from the Bangladesh Police, [[Border Guard Bangladesh]], [[Bangladesh Jail]] and [[Bangladesh Ansar]]. Presided by the [[President of Bangladesh]] in his capacity as Commander in Chief through the [[Armed Forces Division]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/12/16/president-hamid-pm-hasina-attend-victory-day-parade|title = President Hamid, PM Hasina attend Victory Day parade|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> it has been held since the 1970s as the principal national celebrations of the victory of the Bangladeshi people against the government of Pakistan, assisted by the Indian Armed Forces, and as such it is the principal holiday of the Armed Forces. A televised event with nationwide radio simulcast provided by [[Bangladesh Television]] and [[Bangladesh Betar|Radio Bangladesh]], it is the country's main military parade event of the year and is one of the biggest annual military parades in South Asia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/bangladesh-marks-49th-victory-day-with-grand-parade-indian-army-band-contingent-participates/articleshow/72752127.cms|title = Bangladesh marks 49th 'Victory Day' with grand parade; Indian Army band contingent participates|newspaper = The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2019/12/16/president-inspects-victory-day-parade |title=Victory Day Parade observed with traditional fanfare |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=16 December 2022}}</ref> | ||
=== Expanded summary === | === Expanded summary === | ||
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Before around 10am, a division-sized formation of around 18,000 personnel of the armed forces and law enforcement organisations, which had already been assembled on the parade ground, alongside a 4,000 strong mobile column amounting to around 400 vehicles, and a massed [[military band]]s and [[pipe bands]] contingent numbering around 1,200 musicians, awaits the arrival of the President, as the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]], who also serves as Minister of Defence concurrently, and the [[Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)|Principal Staff Officer]] of the AFD/BAF, usually a lieutenant general, both arrive at the parade grandstand in the center of the grounds together with the service commanders and commanding officers of the law enforcement services, together with ministers of the state cabinet, including the Minister of Liberation War Affairs, the Speaker of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] and MPs, the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]], the Attorney General, living veterans of the Liberation War of 1971 and family members of those killed in action and deceased veterans, chairmen of state agencies and defense sector firms, the general public, representatives of state and private industries and veterans of the armed forces and law enforcement organisations are stationed in between the major dignitaries who are stationed in the central grandstand. One battalion at the center of the formations assembled carries the National Standards (the [[Flag of Bangladesh]] with the gold fringe and the Bengali title of the unit) which serve as the principal colour of all Armed Forces formations, while each of the other battalions sans the first three, which are massed colour guard battalions, have 15 colour bearers at the front of their units. | Before around 10am, a division-sized formation of around 18,000 personnel of the armed forces and law enforcement organisations, which had already been assembled on the parade ground, alongside a 4,000 strong mobile column amounting to around 400 vehicles, and a massed [[military band]]s and [[pipe bands]] contingent numbering around 1,200 musicians, awaits the arrival of the President, as the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]], who also serves as Minister of Defence concurrently, and the [[Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)|Principal Staff Officer]] of the AFD/BAF, usually a lieutenant general, both arrive at the parade grandstand in the center of the grounds together with the service commanders and commanding officers of the law enforcement services, together with ministers of the state cabinet, including the Minister of Liberation War Affairs, the Speaker of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] and MPs, the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]], the Attorney General, living veterans of the Liberation War of 1971 and family members of those killed in action and deceased veterans, chairmen of state agencies and defense sector firms, the general public, representatives of state and private industries and veterans of the armed forces and law enforcement organisations are stationed in between the major dignitaries who are stationed in the central grandstand. One battalion at the center of the formations assembled carries the National Standards (the [[Flag of Bangladesh]] with the gold fringe and the Bengali title of the unit) which serve as the principal colour of all Armed Forces formations, while each of the other battalions sans the first three, which are massed colour guard battalions, have 15 colour bearers at the front of their units. | ||
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*'''1973''': [[Recipients of Bangladeshi military awards in 1971|Gallantry awards]] of war were declared by ''[[The Bangladesh Gazette|Bangladesh Gazette]]'' on 15 December. | *'''1973''': [[Recipients of Bangladeshi military awards in 1971|Gallantry awards]] of war were declared by ''[[The Bangladesh Gazette|Bangladesh Gazette]]'' on 15 December. | ||
*'''1996''': Silver jubilee of victory was celebrated. | *'''1996''': Silver jubilee of victory was celebrated. | ||
*'''2013''': New world record of the largest human flag was set when 27,117 volunteers gathered at the National Parade Ground holding red and green blocks to form the [[national flag of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197039:bdesh-hits-guinness-book-record-with-forming-largest-human-national-flag&catid=187:online-edition&Itemid=223 | title=B'desh hits Guinness Book record with forming largest human national flag | agency=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)]] | access-date=16 December | *'''2013''': New world record of the largest human flag was set when 27,117 volunteers gathered at the National Parade Ground holding red and green blocks to form the [[national flag of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=197039:bdesh-hits-guinness-book-record-with-forming-largest-human-national-flag&catid=187:online-edition&Itemid=223 | title=B'desh hits Guinness Book record with forming largest human national flag | agency=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)]] | access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bangladeshis-form-worlds-largest-human-flag/ | title=Bangladeshis form world's largest human flag | agency=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] | access-date=16 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216093544/http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bangladeshis-form-worlds-largest-human-flag/ | archive-date=16 December 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
{{gallery | {{gallery | ||
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|File:Victory Day Parade, Bangladesh - Jubair Bin Iqbal.jpg|Bengali Coast Guard unit marching in Victory Day Parade. | |File:Victory Day Parade, Bangladesh - Jubair Bin Iqbal.jpg|Bengali Coast Guard unit marching in Victory Day Parade. | ||
|File:Feni Girls Cadet College flag raising.JPG|Flag hoisting ceremony at a school | |File:Feni Girls Cadet College flag raising.JPG|Flag hoisting ceremony at a school | ||
|File:Victory Day celebration by Petrobangla.jpg|[[Petrobangla]] building in Dhaka illuminated by decorative lighting|| | |File:Victory Day celebration by Petrobangla.jpg|[[Petrobangla]] building in Dhaka illuminated by decorative lighting|| | ||
|File:Illuminated Kodom Foara.jpg|Kodom Foara in Dhaka illuminated by decorative lighting|| | |||
}} | }} | ||